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From: larry@geowhiz.UUCP (Larry McVoy)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Unix History
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Date: Sat, 14-Jun-86 02:54:34 EDT
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In article <6780@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> Could anyone give me a short run down on lineage
>> of the major lines of UNIX? Perhaps a brief narration 
>> or a family tree showing how sys V and 4.3 and such 
>> are all related...
>
>If you want a *very* brief version, draw a line of development marked "V1"
>through "V8".  Between V6 and V7, draw a branch starting out "PWB" and
[etc, etc]

The best picture I've seen is by John Quartermain (sp?) in the chapter on Unix
in the *second* edition of the Peterson & Silberschatz book "Operating System
Concepts".  I think it's just what the patient ordered.
-- 
Larry McVoy
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